Science
Ticks and flies: How do bloodsuckers bite and spread diseases?
Small stings with vital effects.
Allergies: Their origins, types and mysteries
When the defense goes haywire…
Viruses and cancer: Discovery of an “impossible” relationship
Virus infection and cancer: We weren’t always aware of the cancer-causing viruses and even bacteria. This medical dogma was toppled…
Blood: Everything about the fluid that keeps you going
It’s what keeps you going. But how does it work in the first place? Everything there is to know about…
Virus: One of the most successful models of evolution
Some of evolution’s most prominent “inventions” are viruses.
Nobel Prize winners whose findings turned out to be wrong
Some Nobel laureates actually got it wrong or were off by a hair.
History of the periodic table: Search for the order of elements
The history of the periodic table marks a search for the order of the elements, the fundamental components of all…
DNA: Genetic instruction manual of all organisms
Many scientists date the beginning of molecular genetics to the publication of the “Watson-Crick Model” of the structure of DNA.
History of physics: From antiquity to modern times
Major advances in physics throughout the ages laid the groundwork for our present understanding of the universe.
Neanderthal: Our Stone Age cousins
The Neanderthals had been in Europe for nearly 100,000 years when the first modern humans arrived.
2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for pioneer of paleogenetics: Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo was able to decipher the genomes of Neanderthals and other early humans.
Galileo Galilei’s pseudonym revealed: Alimberto Mauri
Galileo’s hidden identity as the author of an astronomical book from 1606 revealed.